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Today is mine. Tomorrow is none of my business. If I peer anxiously into the fog of the future I will strain my spiritual eyes so that I will not see clearly what is required of me now!

Elisabeth Elliot

Leave it all in the Hands that were wounded for you
ELISABETH ELLIOT

Hands Leaving Wound Yourself
Heaven is not here, it’s There. If we were given all we wanted here, our hearts would settle for this world rather than the next. God is forever luring us up and away from this one, wooing us to Himself and His still invisible Kingdom, where we will certainly find what we so keenly long for
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Forever God Heart Heaven Himself Settle World
It is God to whom and with whom we travel, and while He is the end of our journey, He is also at every stopping place.
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End God Himself Journey Place Stop Travel
Teach me to treat all that comes to me with peace of soul and with firm conviction that Your will governs all.
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Come Government Peace Soul Teaching
Waiting on God requires the willingness to bear uncertainty, to carry within oneself the unanswered question, lifting the heart to God about it whenever it intrudes upon one’s thoughts.
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God Oneself Thinking Uncertain Wait Willing
Where does your security lie? Is God your refuge, your hiding place, your stronghold, your shepherd, your counselor, your friend, your redeemer, your saviour, your guide? If He is, you don’t need to search any further for security.
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God Guide Hide Himself Lying Place Search Security Yourself
We cannot give our hearts to God and keep our bodies for ourselves.
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Body God Heart Ourselves
Faith’s most severe tests come not when we see nothing, but when we see a stunning array of evidence that seems to prove our faith vain.
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Evidence Faith Ourselves See Stunning
You will never understand why God does what He does, but if you believe Him, that is all that is necessary. Let us learn to trust Him for who He is.
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Believe God Himself Necessary Understand
God will not protect you from anything that will make you more like Jesus.
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Character God Humble Myself Protection
Our vision is so limited we can hardly imagine a love that does not show itself in protection from suffering. The love of God is of a different nature altogether. It does not hate tragedy. It never denies reality. It stands in the very teeth of suffering.
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Different Hard Imagination Limitation Nature Ourselves Reality Suffering Togetherness Tragedy Vision
There is nothing worth living for, unless it is worth dying for.
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Death Himself Live Worth
We have ample evidence that the Lord is able to guide. The promises cover every imaginable situation. All we need to do is to take the hand he stretches out.
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Evidence God Guide Hands Himself Imagination Promise
I have one desire now – to live a life of reckless abandon for the Lord, putting all my energy and strength into it.
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Abandonment Desire Energy Life Live Myself Strength
A prayerful heart and an obedient heart will learn, very slowly and not without sorrow, to stake everything on God Himself.
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Heart Himself Learning Obedience Prayer Slow Sorrow
Sometimes life is so hard you can only do the next thing.Whatever that is just do the next thing.God will meet you there.
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God Hard Life Time Yourself

Today is mine. Tomorrow is none of my business. If I peer anxiously into the fog of the future I will strain my spiritual eyes so that I will not see clearly what is required of me now!

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Today is mine. Tomorrow is none of my business. If I peer anxiously into the fog of the future I will strain my spiritual eyes so that I will not see clearly what is required of me now!

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